What would Jeebus do?

[bigandclever]

Probably be on his toes too...

ITN said:

A New Zealand couple who found an extra £3.8 million in their bank account probably couldn't believe their luck.

The petrol station workers from the small city of Rotorua had applied for an overdraft worth NZ $10,000 from their bank but had 1,000 times that amount paid into their account instead.

Rather than pay it back, the pair promptly withdrew most of it and disappeared.

Police have now launched an international search for the couple after Westpac Bank said it was "pursing vigorous criminal and civil action to recover the sum of money stolen."

Local people say they had been wondering why the petrol station had been shut.

[escargot]

How could they get away with withdrawing that much dosh and not raise any suspicion? Christ, my bank rings/texts/emails if I withdraw a tenner south of Watford Gap.

[kit80]

My Bank did the opposite, instead of credit me with my loan they debited it several million times and then had the cheek to charge me for going overdrawn.


Am no Jesus, I would have probably run to.

Edited by kit80 on Thursday 21st May 12:40

[Eric Mc]

Jeebus?

Is he the Scottish messiah - a combination of Jesus and Reebus?

[Plotloss]

escargot said:

Christ, my bank rings/texts/emails if I withdraw a tenner south of Watford Gap.

As they should.

You northern monkeys have no place down here in the land of milk and honey.

[Ayahuasca]

Good luck to 'em.

[escargot]

Plotloss said:

escargot said:

Christ, my bank rings/texts/emails if I withdraw a tenner south of Watford Gap.

As they should.

You northern monkeys have no place down here in the land of milk and honey.

Invariably the conversation goes something like this "Sir, you do realise you've left the rolling hills and green fields of the North for a smog ridden, infested stain on our beautiful country?"

"Yes, it's unavoidable. Please don't revoke my overdraft facility for fraternising with pomposity personified".

[Plotloss]

escargot said:

Plotloss said:

escargot said:

Christ, my bank rings/texts/emails if I withdraw a tenner south of Watford Gap.

As they should.

You northern monkeys have no place down here in the land of milk and honey.

Invariably the conversation goes something like this "Sir, you do realise you've left the rolling hills and green fields of the North for a smog ridden, infested stain on our beautiful country?"

"Yes, it's unavoidable. Please don't revoke my overdraft facility for fraternising with pomposity personified".

And therein lies the fundamental flaw with putting call centres in socio-demographically grotty areas

[escargot]

Plotloss said:

escargot said:

Plotloss said:

escargot said:

Christ, my bank rings/texts/emails if I withdraw a tenner south of Watford Gap.

As they should.

You northern monkeys have no place down here in the land of milk and honey.

Invariably the conversation goes something like this "Sir, you do realise you've left the rolling hills and green fields of the North for a smog ridden, infested stain on our beautiful country?"

"Yes, it's unavoidable. Please don't revoke my overdraft facility for fraternising with pomposity personified".

And therein lies the fundamental flaw with putting call centres in socio-demographically grotty areas

Even Coutts have a duty to save costs where appropriate.

[Mattygooner]

I would have claimed that it was a birthday present from the bank, sent them a letter saying thank you very much and buggered off.

Silly bankers.

[Don]

Silly buggers.

3.8 million is a lot of money. They will have absolutely no experience at all of laundering it and are now on the run.

They will either be found by law enforcement fairly quickly or will be found dead as someone a bit more experienced in a criminal career will just take it off them when they try and put the money somewhere useful.

I wonder if they even managed to get out of the country?

[Neil_H]

Can't blame them really, I can't say I wouldn't be tempted to do the same if it happened to me!

[Eric Mc]

I can see a bright future for them as MPs.

[Don]

Neil_H said:

Can't blame them really, I can't say I wouldn't be tempted to do the same if it happened to me!

Tempted? Yes. Would take the loot? Nope. Not just the moral aspect of the fact that it is theft - I also reckon you couldn't get away with it. Where would you go? How would you travel - you'd need good fake ID and quickly - and a cover story for where the money came from - and you'd also need to get residency rights in some country with your new ID.

If I had a few months to plan I reckon I could fix all that. But doing it whilst "on the run". Very hard.

And most people end up missing their family/friends etc.

[jeebus]

bigandclever said:

Probably be on his toes too...

ITN said:

A New Zealand couple who found an extra £3.8 million in their bank account probably couldn't believe their luck.

The petrol station workers from the small city of Rotorua had applied for an overdraft worth NZ $10,000 from their bank but had 1,000 times that amount paid into their account instead.

Rather than pay it back, the pair promptly withdrew most of it and disappeared.

Police have now launched an international search for the couple after Westpac Bank said it was "pursing vigorous criminal and civil action to recover the sum of money stolen."

Local people say they had been wondering why the petrol station had been shut.

Id keep it